Baron Gregory of Tusculum

Baron Gregory of Tusculum (936-1011) was the Baron of Tusculum from 954 to 1011, succeeding Alberic II of Spoleto.

Biography
Gregory was born in 936 to the House of Spoleto, coming from a family of Catholic Italians. He was the son of Alberic II of Spoleto and Alda of Vienne. Gregory was an intimate ally of the Papal States, whose popes were connected to the House of Tusculani/Spoleto, and his sons became Pope Benedict VIII, Alberic III of Spoleto, and Pope John XIX. In 1001 he rebelled against Otto III of Germany and was named "Head of the Republic", but in 1002 Otto returned to power and Gregory was deposed. He died in 1012.